Scott County Nursing Center is a small government-owned facility in Winchester, Illinois. Featuring an overall score of B+, this facility should work for most prospective patients. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all facilities in the nation. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which you can find in the next section.
Scott County Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Government - County
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. This place was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it was given a strong long-term care grade. In fact, long-term care turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of A. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Nursing grades are primarily based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we graded was short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a decent grade of C. This proved to be this facility's least impressive area. In calculating our short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is considered to be a solid measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last item we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Scott County Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Scott County Nursing Center, 8.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care patients that are suffering from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Scott County Nursing Center, 3.45% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Scott County Nursing Center, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Scott County Nursing Center, 18.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Scott County Nursing Center, 19.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Scott County Nursing Center, 30.45% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Scott County Nursing Center, 87.4% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Scott County Nursing Center, 13.9% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Scott County Nursing Center, 17.56% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Scott County Nursing Center, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Scott County Nursing Center, 17.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.